Perhaps BYU should consider contracting theri enrollment ceiling, since all BYU
does is take away from in-state schools like Utah State University. I think
this missionary age change policy and its fallout would be a perfect time to do
this.

Regarding comments about BYU taking students away from other in-state schools...
be glad that the LDS Church is subsidizing the education of the 34% of
it's students who hail from Utah. That's a tremendous amount of
operating expense the taxpayers are relieved of. And that's right, 66%
of the students at BYU are bringing money in from out of state, by far the
highest revenue importing school in the state. U of U for instance is something
like 82% utah residents per it's own wiki.

Of course, it would be possible to downsize the operations at state schools.
Lay off those TAs teaching 100 and 200 series classes. Turn off the lights is a
few classrooms.But that is anathema to government in all its forms. We
must get and spend the growing budget or perhaps (gasp!) we won't get as
much next year.

Good for you! Why don't you build an LDS University
with the standards required for those like you that are better than everyone
else? It sounds like you're probably smart enough and humble enough to do
so. The point is that different schools are, just that, different. Different
schools for different folks - if someone chooses one over the other for their
own personal reasons/needs/desires, great! As for me and my house, I chose BYU
and Purdue for grad school, but my children may want to go to the school you
build ... if it meets their reasons/needs/desires, of course. :)

Admittedly, BYU is not an Ivy League school (see below). However, L Valfre may
soon be building an Ivy League school that requires a stricter Honor Code than
BYU does. Let's hope the sports programs there require Olympic-level
athletes, too! Wow, I can't wait to visit that campus - I imagine it would
be better than any superhero movie I've ever seen!

BYU would NOT have a shortage of enrollment, if they would lower their tuition
costs, so more people could afford it. Everything LDS people do costs more than
the average person pays. Missions, tithing, large families, colleges, food
storage, all adds up.

BYU is very inexpensive - why you have the impression
it is too expensive isn't based in actual numbers. It has no real shortage
of students, other than what the new age policy on missions will create (for 2
years, until it normalizes).

BYU
only admits about 55% of those who apply, and about 80% of those admitted
actually enroll. They have NO issue finding students. I have friends in
Texas who sent their 2 kids to BYU as non-LDS because it was less expensive than
sending them to University of Texas ($10,000) as in-state students there
(non-LDS tuition is double LDS).